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U.S. should have world-class WBC pitching staff
Thirteen pitchers eligible to play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic received points in Cy Young voting. That, sports fans, should largely be the pitching staff for the team Joe Torre will manage. Imagine a starting rotation of R.A. Dickey,...
Tags: Piracy, Clayton Kershaw, Gio Gonzalez, Sports, Cole Hamels
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Spending limits change the game in baseball draft
A year ago, some team might have made an offer that rocked Alex Young's world. The Pirates, Nationals or Red Sox, maybe even the Cubs, might have dug deep for the left-hander from Carmel High School. They still could, of course, but 2012 is definitely...
Tags: Piracy, Sports, Cole Hamels, Theo Epstein, Albert Almora
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Orioles-Rays game demonstrates need for expanded instant replay
In the end, the umpires got the call right. But it sure took long enough. And a rough five-game homestand for the Orioles got even rougher in the sixth inning Sunday when Tampa Bay's Matt Joyce hit a soaring fly ball down the right field line in the...
Tags: Sports, Matt Joyce, Baseball, Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays
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Instant replay will be great for game
Is anything cooler than tennis' electronic replay system? A player who isn't sure about a line call raises a finger immediately after the call. The chair umpire announces the challenge, and the Hawk-Eye animation system appears on a nearby video...
Tags: Sports, Justin Upton, Wimbledon Championships, Oakland Athletics, Brian McCann
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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Ryan Vogelsong, Rafael Soriano, LaMarcus Aldridge, Adam Lind, Turner Field
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Unbalanced schedule favors White Sox
Can a playoff team vote an opponent a playoff share? Can it tip the schedule maker? We might find out this season if the White Sox edge the Indians for the American League Central title or finish just ahead of the Orioles for one of the two wild-card...
Tags: Sports, Dale Sveum, Dusty Baker, Jeff Baker, New York Mets
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I've got some issues with hot topics in baseball
Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, is a game of strategy. The glory is, that with 162 games, managers and coaches get the chance to tinker with things much more than football, ice hockey and basketball coaches. The downside to that is it means...
Tags: Sports, National League, Brandon Phillips, Minute Maid Park, Oakland Athletics
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Your Morning Phil: Loria, Selig, Tolleson
Talking baseball while hoping Jay Cutler gets well soon. 1. The Cy Young Award is going to be presented Wednesday night, and that, like the balance of power in the AL East, could be impacted by Jeffrey Loria, baseball’s worst owner. What does...
Tags: Josh Johnson (baseball), Clayton Kershaw, Sports, Gio Gonzalez, Heath Bell
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Mattingly, Scioscia on thin ice in LA
How much patience do Mark Walter, Stan Kasten and Magic Johnson have? We're in the process of finding out, as the $217 million Dodgers are playing like somebody misplaced a decimal point, just as they did after the midseason trades that brought in...
Tags: World Series, J.A. Happ, Wesley Wright, Orange County Register, Josh Hamilton
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Don't overreact to umpire's mistake
Here's something you might not know about the infamous Angel Hernandez game: The A's had a great chance to win the game even after Hernandez and his fellow umpires twice blew the call on what would have been a game-tying home run. Chris Perez, the...
Tags: Sports, Seth Smith (baseball), Oakland Athletics, Human Mishaps, Adam Rosales
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La Russa still interested in learning — and winning
Future baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa stood next to Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau on the Patriots sidelines Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass., as both watched coach Bill Belichick teach football at minicamp. Neither man was there to pick Belichick's brain...
Tags: World Series, Sports, Tony La Russa, Bill Belichick, Adam Dunn
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Valentine right man to right Red Sox's ship
FORT MYERS, Fla. — As he starts his job as the Red Sox's manager, Bobby Valentine gets to be one part Tommy Lasorda, two parts James Carville and three parts the guy who walks behind the elephants in the circus parade. And he loves every minute of...Tags: World Series, New York Yankees, Sports, Dale Sveum, Ryan Sweeney
Nov 17, 2012
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Jun 17, 2012
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May 12, 2013
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Nov 14, 2012
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May 9, 2013
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Jun 13, 2012
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Mar 4, 2012
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